Book Collection-- The Great Salem Fire by Arthur B. Jones

June 25, 1914 Salem faced the largest disaster in it's almost 300 year history. The Great Salem Fire began in the section of Salem known as "Blubber Hollow". The first alarm rang out at 1:37 PM, the fire quickly spread to nearly one third of the city. Later in the year a member of Hose Company 2 Arthur B. Jones wrote the definitive book oh this conflagration. The Gorham Press of Boston published the account.

The Collection owns three copies. The first was dedicated to Hingham Fireman Arthur R. Kimball, The second is inscribed by the author with the date December 25, 1918 and the last is a standard copy for reading and research (photo above).